1. Contrary to expectations
   "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
   - contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise

Encyclopedia: On the contrary

• stannic sulfide
• stannite
• stannous
• stannous fluoride
• Stanton
• stanza
• stanzaic
• stapedectomy
• stapedial
• stapelia
• Stapelias asterias
• stapes
• staph
• Staphylaceae
• Staphylea
• Staphylinidae
• staphylococcal
• staphylococcal enterotoxin
• staphylococcal enterotoxin B
• staphylococcal infection
• staphylococci
• staphylococcus
• staphylococcus aureus
• staple
• staple fiber